Vijayan-led LDF rides back to power in Kerala with 99 seats

In a stunning electoral victory, the ruling Communist Party if India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), rode back to power in Kerala winning 99 of the 140 seats, bucking the over four......

Pinarayi Vijayan is a hard taskmaster

While his critics described him as a leader ‘with no smile on his face, and the most feared politician in Kerala’, his party rivals have often accused him of deviating from the party......

Pinarayi Vijayan to be next CM of Kerala

  Communist Party of India-Marxist Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan will be the next Chief Minister of Kerala. The decision to nominate Vijayan, 72, was taken at the state secretariat......

Will Yechury give the CPI-M a makeover?

'It is not impossible that there will be some arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal after the ongoing local body polls,' says T V R Shenoy. 'April is the cruellest month,' runs the first......